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Ibhalwe nguKathy Kelly, World BEYOND War, Mashi 14, i-2023

Isimemezelo esingajwayelekile sangoMashi 10, 2023 sokuthi usomlomo ophambili waseChina, uMnu. Wang Yi, usize ubudlelwano phakathi kweSaudi Arabia ne-Iran siphakamisa ukuthi imibuso emikhulu ingazuza ngokukholelwa ukuthi, njengoba Albert Camus wake wakubeka, “amagama anamandla kunezikhali.”

Lo mqondo uphinde wamukelwa nguGeneral Mark Milley, uSihlalo we-US Joint Chiefs of Staff owathi ngoJanuwari 20.^th, 2023, ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi impi yaseRussia e-Ukraine izoyenza uphetha ngezingxoxo kunasenkundleni yempi. NgoNovemba ka-2022, ebuzwa ngamathemba e-diplomacy e-Ukraine, uMilley waphawula ukuthi ekuqaleni ukwenqaba ukuxoxisana eMpini Yezwe Yokuqala kwandisa ukuhlupheka kwabantu futhi kwaholela ekulimaleni okwengeziwe kwezigidi.

“Ngakho-ke uma kunethuba lokuxoxisana, lapho ukuthula kungazuzwa ... uthatha okwamanje,” kusho uMilley etshela i-Economic Club yaseNew York.

Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule, e-Baghdad, ngahlala nabantu base-Iraq kanye nabamazwe ngamazwe ehhotela elincane, i-Al-Fanar, elaliyikhaya labantu abaningi. Amazwi Ehlane izithunywa ezisebenza ngokudelela ngokusobala unswinyo lwezomnotho olubhekiswe e-Iraq. Izikhulu zikahulumeni wase-US zasibeka icala njengezigebengu ngokuletha imithi ezibhedlela zase-Iraq. Siphendula, sabatshela ukuthi siyaziqonda izinhlawulo abasabisa ngazo (iminyaka eyishumi nambili ejele kanye nenhlawulo yesigidi esingu-$1), kodwa besingeke sibuswe imithetho engalungile ejezisa izingane. Futhi samema izikhulu zikahulumeni ukuba zihlanganyele nathi. Kunalokho, sajoyinwa kancane kancane amanye amaqembu okuthula ayelangazelela ukuvimbela impi eyayiza.

Ekupheleni kuka-January 2003, ngangisenethemba lokuthi impi ingase igwenywe. Umbiko we-International Atomic Energy Agency kwase kuseduze. Uma ibike ukuthi i-Iraq ayinazo izikhali zokucekela phansi okukhulu (WMD), abalingani base-US bangase baphume ezinhlelweni zokuhlasela, naphezu kokuqina okukhulu kwezempi esasikubona kumabonakude wasebusuku. Kwabe sekufika isithangami sikaNobhala Wezwe u-Colin Powell, ngo-February 5, 2003, isithangami seZizwe Ezihlangene, lapho wagcizelela ukuthi i-Iraq yayinayo ngempela i-WMD. Isethulo sakhe kwaba ekugcineni kwatholakala ukuthi inomgunyathi kukho konke, kodwa ngokudabukisayo kunikeze i-United States ukwethembeka okwanele ukuthi iqhubeke ngokugcwele nomkhankaso wayo wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu othi “Shock and Awe”.

Kusukela maphakathi no-March 2003, ukuhlasela kwezindiza okwesabekayo kwahlasela i-Iraq imini nobusuku. Ehhotela lethu, abazali nogogo nomkhulu babethandazela ukusinda ekuqhumeni kwezindlebe nokushaywa kwezindlebe. Intombazane ephilayo, ezihehayo eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye yahluleka ngokuphelele ukulawula esinyeni sayo. Izingane ezisacathula zakha imidlalo ukuze zilingise imisindo yamabhomu futhi zenza sengathi zisebenzisa amathoshi amancane njengezibhamu.

Ithimba lethu livakashele amawodi esibhedlela lapho izingane ezikhubazekile zazibubula khona njengoba zilulama ngemva kokuhlinzwa. Ngikhumbula ngihlezi ebhentshini ngaphandle kwegumbi lezimo eziphuthumayo. Eceleni kwami, owesifazane waquleka ekhala ebuza, “Ngizomtshela kanjani? Ngizothini?” Kwakudingeka atshele umshana wakhe, owayehlinzwa ezimweni eziphuthumayo, ukuthi wayengagcinanga nje ngokulahlekelwa yizingalo zombili kodwa futhi wayesewukuphela kwesihlobo sakhe esisindile. Ibhomu laseMelika lishaye umndeni ka-Ali Abbas ngesikhathi bedla isidlo sasemini ngaphandle komuzi wabo. Udokotela ohlinzayo kamuva wabika ukuthi wayesevele etshele u-Ali ukuthi base bemnqamule zombili izingalo zakhe. “Kodwa,” u-Ali wayembuze, “ngiyohlala nginjena?”

Ngabuyela ehhotela i-Al-Fanar ngalobo busuku ngizizwa ngigajwe intukuthelo namahloni. Ngedwa ekamelweni lami, ngashaya umcamelo wami, ngikhononda ngezinyembezi, “Ingabe siyohlala sinje?”

Kuzo zonke Izimpi Zaphakade zeminyaka engamashumi amabili edlule, abahlonishwayo base-US endaweni yezempi-yezimboni-iCongressional-media babonise isifiso esinganeliseki sempi. Abavamisile ukulalela izibi abazishiye ngemuva “kokuqeda” impi yokuzikhethela.
Ngemuva kwempi ka-2003 ethi “Shock and Awe” e-Iraq, umbhali wamanoveli wase-Iraq uSinan Antoon udale umlingiswa oqavile, u-Jawad, Umshini Wokugeza Izidumbu, owazizwa egajwe ukwanda kwezidumbu okufanele azinakekele.

“Ngazizwa sengathi sishaywe ukuzamazama komhlaba okwashintsha yonke into,” kukhumbula uJawad. “Emashumini eminyaka ezayo, besiyobe siphuthaza emfucumfucwini eyishiye ngemuva. Esikhathini esedlule kwakukhona imifudlana phakathi kwamaSunni namaShi͑ite, noma leli qembu nalelo, okwakuwela kalula noma okungabonakali ngezinye izikhathi. Manje, ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba, umhlaba waba nayo yonke le mifantu nemifudlana yayisiphenduke imifula. Imifula yaba izifufula ezigcwele igazi, futhi noma ubani owayezama ukuwela wayeminza. Izithombe zalaba abangaphesheya komfula zase zigcwele umoya futhi zonakele . . . kwaphakama izindonga zikakhonkolo ukuze zivale le nhlekelele.”

"Impi imbi kakhulu kunokuzamazama komhlaba," udokotela ohlinzayo, u-Saeed Abuhassan, wangitshela ngesikhathi kuqhunyiswa amabhomu e-Israel ngo-2008-2009 eGaza, ebizwa ngokuthi. I-Operation Cast Lead. Waveza ukuthi abatakuli bavela emhlabeni wonke ngemva kokuzamazama komhlaba, kodwa lapho kuliwa izimpi, ohulumeni bathumela izikhali eziningi kuphela, zandise ubuhlungu.

Uchaze ngemiphumela yezikhali ezikhubaze iziguli ebezihlinzwa esibhedlela saseGaza i-Al-Shifa njengoba amabhomu eqhubeka nokuwa. Iziqhumane zensimbi eziminyene nquma izitho zomzimba zabantu ngezindlela odokotela abahlinzayo abangakwazi ukuzilungisa. Izingcezwana zamabhomu e-phosphorus emhlophe, ezishumekwe ngaphansi kwesikhumba enyameni yomuntu, ziyaqhubeka nokuvutha lapho zivezwe umoya-mpilo, zikhipha umoya odokotela abahlinzayo bezama ukususa izinto ezimbi.

"Uyazi, into ebaluleke kakhulu ongayitshela abantu ezweni lakini ukuthi abantu base-US bakhokhela izikhali eziningi ezisetshenziselwa ukubulala abantu eGaza," kusho u-Abuhassan. "Futhi yingakho kubi kakhulu kunokuzamazama komhlaba."

Njengoba umhlaba ungena onyakeni wesibili wempi phakathi kwe-Ukraine neRussia, abanye bathi akunangqondo ukuthi izishoshovu zokuthula zihlabe ikhwelo lokuthi kumiswe ukulwa nezingxoxo ngokushesha. Ingabe kuwudumo ukubukela ukunqwabelana kwezikhwama zezidumbu, imingcwabo, ukumbiwa kwamathuna, amadolobha engasenakuhlalwa kuwo, nokwanda okungase kubangele impi yezwe noma imbala. impi yenuzi?

Imithombo yezindaba evamile yase-US ayivamisile ukuthi ixhumane noprofesa uNoam Chomsky, okuhlaziya kwakhe okuhlakaniphile nokusebenzayo kusekelwe emaqinisweni angenakuphikiswa. NgoJuni 2022, izinyanga ezine kuqale impi yaseRussia-Ukraine, uChomsky Wakhuluma okubili ongakhetha kukho, okukodwa kube yisivumelwano sokuxoxisana ngamanxusa. “Okunye,” esho, “ukuyikhipha futhi ubone ukuthi wonke umuntu uzohlupheka kangakanani, bangaki abantu base-Ukraine abazofa, iRussia izohlupheka kangakanani, zingaki izigidi zabantu ezizobulawa indlala e-Asia nase-Afrika, kanjani kuningi esizokwenza ekushisiseni indawo ezungezile kuze kube yilapho kungeke kube khona ithuba lokuba khona komuntu okuphilayo.”

UNICEF imibiko ukuthi izinyanga zokwanda komonakalo nokuxoshwa zithinta kanjani izingane zase-Ukraine: “Izingane zisaqhubeka zibulawa, zilinyazwa, futhi zilinyazwa ngokujulile ubudlova obubangele ukufuduka ngesilinganiso nangesivinini esingakaze sibonwe kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II. Izikole, izibhedlela, nezinye izingqalasizinda zomphakathi ezithembele kuzo ziyaqhubeka nokonakala noma ukucekelwa phansi. Imindeni ihlukene futhi izimpilo zihlukene phakathi.”

Izilinganiso zesiRashiya nesi-Ukraine abalimala bezempi ziyahlukahluka, kodwa abanye baye basikisela ukuthi amasosha angaphezu kuka-200,000 XNUMX nhlangothi zombili aye abulawa noma alimala.

Elungiselela ukucasula okukhulu ngaphambi kokuncibilika kwentwasahlobo, uhulumeni waseRussia wamemezela ukuthi uzokwenza ukukhokha ibhonasi emabuthweni acekela phansi izikhali ezisetshenziswa amasosha ase-Ukraine athunyelwa evela phesheya. Ibhonasi yemali yegazi iye yaphola, kodwa ngezinga elikhulu ngokuphawulekayo, abakhiqizi bezikhali abakhulu bathole ibhonasi eqinile “yamabhonasi” selokhu kwaqala impi.

Ngonyaka odlule kuphela, i-United States Ithunyelwe U-$27.5 billion wosizo lwezempi oluya e-Ukraine, uhlinzeka “ngezimoto ezihlomile, okuhlanganisa abathwali bezikhali ze-Stryker, izimoto zokulwa zase-Bradley, izimoto ezivikelwe yi-Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected, kanye nezimoto ezinamasondo ama-High Mobility Multipurpose.” Leli phakethe liphinde lahlanganisa nokusekelwa kwezokuvikela emoyeni kwe-Ukraine, amathuluzi okubona ebusuku, nezinhlamvu zezikhali ezincane.

Ngemva kwesikhashana amazwe aseNtshonalanga avuma thumela Amathangi e-Abrams kanye neLeopard athuthukile e-Ukraine, umeluleki woMnyango Wezokuvikela wase-Ukraine, u-Yuriy Sak, wakhuluma ngokuzethemba mayelana nokuthola izindiza zokulwa ze-F-16 ngokulandelayo. “Bebengafuni ukusinika izibhamu ezinkulu, base besenza. Babengafuni ukusinika izinhlelo ze-Himars, base benza. Babengafuni ukusinika amathangi, manje sebesinika amathangi. Ngaphandle kwezikhali zenuzi, akukho esingeke sikuthole,” utshele abeReuters.

I-Ukraine ayinakukwazi ukuthola izikhali zenuzi, kodwa ingozi yempi yenuzi yayikhona kucacisiwe kwi I-Bulletin ye-Atomic Scientists isitatimende sangoJanuwari 24, esabeka Iwashi Losuku Lwembubhiso lika-2023 laya kumasekhondi angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kokuthi “phakathi kwamabili” esingathekiso. Ososayensi baxwayise ngokuthi imiphumela yempi yaseRussia ne-Ukraine ayigcini nje ngokwanda okwesabekayo kwengozi yenuzi; futhi zibukela phansi imizamo yomhlaba wonke yokulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu. Lo mbiko uyaphawula: “Amazwe athembele kuwoyela negesi yaseRussia aye afuna ukushintsha izinto eziwanikezayo nabaphakeli bawo, okuholela ekutshalweni kwezimali kwegesi yemvelo ngesikhathi kanye lokho kutshalwa kwezimali okufanele ngabe kuncipha.”

UMary Robinson, owayenguKhomishana Ophakeme we-UN Wamalungelo Abantu, uthi Iwashi Losuku Lwenhlekelele lihlaba umkhosi kuso sonke isintu. “Sisonqenqemeni lwewa,” kusho yena. “Kepha abaholi bethu abenzi ngesivinini esanele noma ngezinga elanele ukuze bavikele iplanethi enokuthula nephilayo. Ukusuka ekunciphiseni ukukhishwa kwekhabhoni kuya ekuqiniseni izivumelwano zokulawula izikhali kanye nokutshala imali ekulungiseni ubhubhane, siyazi ukuthi yini okufanele yenziwe. Isayensi icacile, kodwa intando yezombangazwe ayikho. Lokhu kumele kushintshe ngo-2023 uma sizogwema inhlekelele. Sibhekene nezinkinga eziningi ezikhona. Abaholi badinga isimo sengqondo esibucayi. "

Njengathi sonke. Iwashi Losuku Lwembubhiso libonisa ukuthi siphila ngesikhathi esibolekiwe. Akufanele “sihlale sinje.”

Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, ngaba nenhlanhla yokusingathwa ohambweni oluningi lokuya eKabul, e-Afghanistan, ngabasha base-Afghan ababekholelwa ngobuqotho ukuthi amazwi angaba namandla kunezikhali. Basekela isaga esilula nesisebenzisekayo: “Igazi aliligezi igazi.”

Sikweleta izizukulwane ezizayo yonke imizamo engenzeka yokulahla yonke impi futhi sivikele iplanethi.

U-Kathy Kelly, isishoshovu sokuthula nombhali, uhlanganisa i-Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal futhi ungumongameli webhodi World BEYOND War.